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Journal of Public Policy is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.7), ABDC B, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISSN 0143-814XVerify ISSN ↗1469-7815Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Administration | 49 / 248 | 80th | Q1 |
| Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law | 131 / 432 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1981–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.7.
Journal of Public Policy is Q1 in Public Administration (rank 49 of 248) and Q2 in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (rank 131 of 432), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Public Policy is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 5.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 80th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.906, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 61.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Public Policy is published by Cambridge University Press. Its print ISSN is 0143-814X and its online ISSN is 1469-7815.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated B in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Public Sector and Health Care field.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Public Policy has an h-index of 99 and a 2-year mean of 2.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #49 of 245 Scopus journals in Public Administration.
Journal of Public Policy published 36 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 48. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from United States (26.7%), China (7.5%) and United Kingdom (7.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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